African Nationhood

Chapter 116 Danmin
  It was still cool in Walvis Bay Port at the end of May, and Tang Yang felt particularly comfortable standing on the side of the ship.

He was surrounded by fellow villagers, all talking about the surrounding pelicans, seals, whales and flamingos.

Tang Yang felt inexplicably at ease, this was his foundation.

His wife and property will take root in this land.

This time he went back and brought back 100 immigrants in advance, and more people will continue to come in the future.

He took the immigrants to the Magic City Warehouse more than half a month ago, and when he registered the number of people he wanted to recruit, there were only 98.

The Anjia money was distributed directly to individuals, and the immigrants were very excited. It was real money!
  According to this number of people, Tang Yang can only count 50 acres of land and 480 yuan of military coupons per person. Chen San cannot meet the standard of 50 acres of land.

Chen San became anxious upon hearing this and forced Liu Wu's son Liu Dan and his own son Chen Ping into the team, so Chen San also reached the 50 acres of land standard.

Liu Wu naturally couldn't accept it and asked Chen San to argue.

Chen San kindly promised him that he would help Liu Wu recruit people when he returned and also let Liu Wu get 50 acres of land.

Liu Wu then gave up and warned Chen San that he would kill him if he broke his promise.

Tang Yang didn't care about the dispute between the two. If the recruitment was successful this time, his mission would be completed.

From now on, when Chen San and the others recruit people, they will be counted under his name.

The military ticket reward will be directly transferred to Tang Yang's bank account in Southwest Africa.

The Golden Hook Harbor slowly docked, and Tang Yang began to organize the immigrants he brought to queue up to get off the ship.

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Watching the seals chasing and playing on the bow of the boat, 10-year-old Chi Ou found it extremely interesting.

Although she grew up on the Pearl River and was a Dan, Chi Ou had never had the opportunity to see the sea at the mouth of the Pearl River, fifty miles away.

Chi Ou's family was recruited this time by a cousin from Chaozhou. In addition to her family, there were more than a dozen Dan people's families.

The Teochew cousin told everyone that there are countless pelicans, seals and flamingos in Southwest Africa, and you can even see large whales.

Chi Ou has seen all this, and she feels it is particularly fresh.

But her brother Chi Chi was not looking at the animals in the sea. He was staring at the dark blue coastal defense gun on the shore.

"Hey, brother, what are you looking at?"

Pond is 17 years old this year. He had two younger brothers before, but they died young.

Now he only has his younger sister Chi Ou. His mother is very old due to illness, and he is the only pillar of the family.

I came to Southwest Africa this time because my Chaozhou cousin told me that being a soldier can support the family and exchange military merit for land.

So Pond decisively agreed to come here to have a fight. Anyway, their family had nothing to miss on the Pearl River.

The broken sand boat was sold directly in exchange for 3 taels of silver. Together with the 30 taels of settlement money given by the family's immigrants, it was enough to meet the expenses of first arriving in Southwest Africa.

The crew are very kind to people, and most of the crew on their ship are Han Chinese.

Through conversations, we learned that the past experiences of the crew members were not much different from those of the immigrants on the ship.

They all had enough to eat, and they regained a new lease of life when they arrived in Southwest Africa.

Now they can receive a basic military stamp of 100 yuan every month, and a 100-yuan military stamp as an overseas subsidy.

If these military stamps were exchanged for wheat, they would be worth 100 kilograms, and if they were exchanged for corn and sweet potatoes, it would be even more.

In addition, military coupons can be exchanged for cans, cigarettes, and lighters.

Pond was very greedy for the lighter that could make a flame with just a hit.

"Brother, Mom, we're getting off the boat."

"Well, Ou'er, don't make any noise. When you get off the boat, be honest and don't bump into others, you know?"

Although the mother of Chi who spoke was only in her thirties, her body had long been frail due to long-term illness and having given birth to too many children.

This time her son insisted on going abroad. Although she was worried, there was nothing she could do.

The Chaozhou cousin wore bright clothes and brought many new gadgets with him.

His spiritual temperament makes people believe that he has indeed made a good living abroad.

She was just not sure whether her family would be able to get along well overseas.

After all, the two children are still too young, and my body is not up to par.

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Following the shouts of Chaozhou cousin, Chi Ou's family also stood in line obediently. Looking at this team of nearly a hundred people, Chi Ou couldn't help but click his tongue. His cousin from Chaozhou was really awesome. He actually persuaded so many people to vote.

“We are about to disembark, so don’t be afraid if we get separated when we get down there.

Tell the people on the dock directly that you are brought by Chaozhou yellow shrimp. Do you understand? "

Yellow shrimp is not tall, but his mouth is very slippery.

After explaining the most important things, he ran to the gangway and got a stack of registration cards from the crew at the gangway.

Then one by one, one piece per person.

Chi Ou was confused after getting the registration form. She wanted to tell her Chaozhou cousin that she couldn't read.

But her Chaozhou cousin had already passed by, so she had no choice but to look at her brother behind her.

"Brother, how do you do this?"

Pond rubbed his sister's head and said, "We'll find out later."

"Oh."

As the front row of people slowly disembarked, Chi Ou and his family finally arrived.

The three of them disembarked from the boat one by one, and seeing the bustling scene on the pier made them feel particularly reassured, because everyone around them was yellow-skinned.

Teochew dialect, Western Cantonese, Hokkien and Chinese with weird tones, all blend together and sound particularly beautiful.

Soon it was Chi Ou's turn to register. In front of her was a white-skinned and plump foreign woman.

Chi Ou found out that this foreign woman spoke "Chinese" to the people in front of her, and she felt curious.

She handed the form in her hand to the foreign lady in a follow-up manner, and found that the other party was smiling at her.

This foreign woman had a pretty smile, and she laughed too.

The foreign woman took the form and asked softly: "Hello, little girl, what's your name?"

Chi Ou blinked her big eyes and answered obediently: "Chi Ou. Pond's pond, lotus root's lotus root."

After answering, she tilted her head and looked at the foreign woman, "When did you learn Chinese? Why don't you speak foreign languages?"

The white receptionist Salina was amused by the little girl's question, "You are quite curious. I started learning Chinese when Mr. Shi came to Walvis Bay Port.

It took me more than half a year to get started, and over the past few years I have become better and better at it. "

Chi Ou felt that this foreign woman was quite kind. She clicked her tongue and said, "You are so awesome. If I were you, I wouldn't be able to learn it."

Selina reached out and touched the little girl's head, "You are so smart that you will learn it. By the way, where do you want to settle down?"

Chi Ou enjoyed the kindness of the foreign woman very much. She turned to look at her brother Chi Po behind her.

"Brother, where should we settle down?"

Pond was staring at Salina, not wanting to be caught off guard by his sister's question.

Selina looked at him again, and he became even more nervous and his face quickly turned red.

"Oh, oh, I, I don't know either..."

Selina saw that this dark and strong Chinese young man was very shy. She chuckled and stretched her hand towards the pond, "Give me your watch. What were your previous occupations?"

Chi Ou hurriedly raised her hand and replied: "We are Dan people and can row boats."

After listening to this, Salina nodded and wrote in the evaluation column on the pond report form: I am a civilian, and it is recommended that I be admitted to the Sailor Reserve.

Then Salina helped Chi Ou and his family fill out the report form, and then they walked out of the registration gate and followed the flow of people forward to the big tent area.

The Chaozhou cousin began to come over to collect the registration cards, and then asked them to wait in the tent.

Chi Ou's family was a little curious and kept looking around. Chi Ou thought of the foreign woman from before and said to her brother, "That foreign woman is so handsome and fair."

After listening to his sister's words, the image of a woman with a sweet smile also appeared in Chi Chi's mind.

However, Chi Mu felt that the atmosphere here was really good. Although it was a tent area, she couldn't help but walk around freely.

She really wanted to go and inquire around, but the people around them were all immigrants like them, so even if she inquired, she wouldn't be able to find out anything new.

Not long after, I saw my Chaozhou cousin trotting over and said to the pond: "Cousin Chi, you are so lucky, you can directly join the army."

When Chi Chi heard this, he immediately became happy. He was still thinking about how he could become a soldier.

It's done as soon as we get off the boat. Could it be that the foreign woman helped him?
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